“It’s time for workers to stop dying in preventable combustible dust explosions,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “Workplace safety is not a slogan. It’s a priority clearly embodied in ...

Combustible dusts are solids finely ground into fine particles, fibers, chips, chunks or flakes that can cause a fire or explosion when suspended in air under certain conditions. Types of dusts ...

OSHA will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and convene related stakeholder meetings to evaluate possible regulatory methods, and request data and comments on issues related to ...

OSHA has not promulgated a regulation for combustible dust hazards, yet facilities can still be held accountable for safety violations related to this hazard and can receive stiff penalties based on ...

Dust explosions and fires plague many workplaces and industries. Under the right conditions, dust from metals, foods, paper, polymers, and wood can explode and cause injury and death. For the first ...

On Oct. 19, OSHA issued a new safety and health instruction that details OSHA policies and procedures for inspecting workplaces that handle combustible dusts and that may have the potential for a dust ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – New safety rules will not be approved any time soon even though they could prevent accidents like the ones last year at a Tennessee metal powders plant, where fireballs fueled ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Compliance with industry standard for combustible dust set for September 2020. Don’t delay, because OSHA is already citing employers using the not yet effective NFPA 652, Standard ...

Critical and Valuable insights, in Issue 8 of Dust Safety Journal, with Combustible Dust Safety and Knowledge, and Combustible Dust Explosions LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA ...

Combustible dust is dangerous. Since 1995, fugitive dust has caused at least nine explosions across North America, which have destroyed facilities and injured or killed employees. The dangers of ...